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[Friday nnwa Maria @FridayOkafor2]

@sanothomas Dearest bishop Strickland, you are not alone in this trial, our good Lord is with you, our Lady Queen of Apostles is with you and who are me not to follow on their foot step? Be rest assured of my prayers and respect for your authentic faith. Pray your fellow persecuted saints.

[J. C. Okechukwu @jcokechukwu]

Dear @StateDept i'm pretty sure that you're reading the reactions from Nigerians. Literally no one trusts this regime in Nigeria today, let alone its security agencies.

I have tried to explain to frustrated Nigerians that there are nearly no windows open for the United States to carry out unilateral antiterrorism actions in Nigeria without collaborating with the Nigerian authorities, which puts the US in a really tight corner. People have a hard time swallowing that because they know what they live through everyday.

But like i suggested in a recent post, find a very diplomatic way of pivoting to systematic unilateralism but not making it seem that way. And the only way Nigerians can see that and grow their confidence in the United States involvement in this operation is when results - tangible results begin to pour in.

As far as most Nigerians are concerned, this current administration is not serious about destroying the genocidal murderers of our Christian population in Nigeria. To many Nigerians, the administration appear quicker to pardon and integrate bloodthirsty terrorists than they are to protect Nigerians from terrorism. If the United States does not find ways to make them believe differently, no tangible result will be achieved.

For America to succeed on this mission, it isn't the heavily compromised Nigerian security agencies that it needs the most. It is the people.

For context, Russia's Africa Corps recently went after over 12,000 terrorists who invaded Mali weeks ago. They had all the firepower and logistical muscle to carry out the operation, but the secret to their success was the ordinary Malian people who vibrantly and openly stood 100% in solidarity with the military operation.

America must not fall into the trap of Nigeria's arrogant style of leadership, which often takes the people as nonentities whose opinions and support do not count. This would be a recipe for monumental disaster, and the only thing that comes to mind is "SUDAN."

Neither America nor Nigeria nor both working together can contain the potential inferno that could result from ignoring the people.

Wisdom, they say, is profitable to direct.

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @SecRubio @SecWar @RepRileyMoore @RepFranklin @TomColeOK04 @TomFitton @StateDept @HouseAppropsGOP @FoxNews

[Friday nnwa Maria @FridayOkafor2]

@MOSSADil @SecRubio Happy birthday Marco!!

[Emeka Gift Official @EmekaGift100]

Gowon’s Latest Revisionism Exposed: Ojukwu Did Not Frustrate Peace - You Did, By Betraying Aburi Accord

In his newly launched autobiography My Life of Service and Allegiance, former Head of State Yakubu Gowon has once again attempted to rewrite history by accusing the late Biafran leader, Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, of “frustrating all peace moves” and single handedly derailing efforts to avert the Nigerian Civil War.

This claim is not only false it is a shameless distortion of documented facts, coming from the very man who personally signed the Aburi Accord and later tore it apart under pressure from Lagos civil servants and northern hardliners.

Ojukwu’s Own Words Destroy Gowon’s Narrative

In a detailed, firsthand account, Ojukwu made it crystal clear that “Aburi was a complete success” until Gowon returned to Lagos and reneged on everything agreed upon.

“Our case was so clear, so straightforward, that there really was not much room for any doubt or confusion at all,” Ojukwu stated. The meeting in Aburi, Ghana, in January 1967 was not a failure of negotiation. It was a triumph of consensus among military colleagues. All parties, including Gowon fully negotiated, drafted, and agreed on the resolutions. Transcripts and audio tapes exist to this day as irrefutable evidence. Ojukwu even reviewed fresh copies of the records shortly before giving the interview.

The Spirit of Brotherhood at Aburi

Far from the tension Gowon now tries to portray, the conference ended on an extraordinarily warm and hopeful note. Ghana’s General Joseph Ankrah was so impressed that he personally drove both Gowon and Ojukwu to the airport. In a moving gesture aboard the car, Ojukwu took Gowon’s hand, placed it on Ankrah’s lap, covered it with his own, and asked Ankrah to “hold us together.”

Ojukwu then gave this solemn assurance:

“General, I am genuinely and totally satisfied with everything we said… Once we have fully and successfully implemented this, I would like to ask you for just one favour… for you to be the one who proposes Jack Gowon as the Head of State of Nigeria.”

This was not the action of a man frustrating peace. This was a leader extending trust and brotherhood.

Concrete Agreements Reached, Then Abandoned by Gowon

At Aburi, they unanimously agreed on:

Establishment of “Area Commands” for the Armed Forces
Decentralization of the “Police Force”
A new “revenue sharing formula”
Regional control over internal affairs
“Concurrence of every region” required for national decisions
Change of Gowon’s title from Supreme Commander to “Commander-in-Chief”

Ojukwu emphatically rejected the confederation label thrust upon him:

“Everybody talks about confederation. Go and look at the transcript. There is no time that the word confederation came from my lips.”

Yet upon returning to Lagos, Gowon influenced by “some ambassadors” and federal permanent secretaries, began denying the agreement. The same man who shook hands and smiled at Aburi suddenly claimed the deal was misunderstood.

Who Truly Frustrated Peace?

Ojukwu returned to Enugu and threw a celebration, believing the crisis was over.
Gowon returned to Lagos and allowed the agreement to be shredded.
When the denials began, Ojukwu released the “Aburi tapes” publicly so Nigerians could judge for themselves.
Gowon’s regime proceeded with Decree No. 8, which many saw as a watered-down betrayal of the full spirit of Aburi.

The historical record is devastatingly clear: Gowon signed it. Gowon killed it.

Enough of the Blame Game

For over five decades, Gowon has tried to shift responsibility for the war that claimed millions of lives mostly Igbo civilians onto Ojukwu. His new book is simply the latest chapter in this tiresome revisionism.

Ojukwu did not start the war. The pogroms against Easterners did not start with Ojukwu. The refusal to honour a solemnly reached agreement did not start with Ojukwu.

It was Gowon who had the power to implement Aburi and chose not to.

While Nigeria is still struggling with the same fundamental issues of true federalism, regional autonomy, and restructuring, issues that were already solved at Aburi in 1967, Gowon’s book brings no message of unity. It only exposes once again the original betrayal: the monumental failure of honesty and leadership from the very top.

The tapes are still available.
The transcripts are still there.
History cannot be rewritten with a book launch.

On Aburi we still stand.
The truth remains unchanged.

Family Writers Press International.

[AFRICA WORLD MEDIA TV @mats56455]

9 May 2026

To: The Secretary-General
United Nations @antonioguterres

To: The Secretary-General
Commonwealth of Nations
@commonwealthsec

RE: Urgent concerns regarding human rights violations, rule of law, and protection of civilians in Nigeria

Dear Secretary-Generals,

We write to express grave concern regarding ongoing allegations of human rights violations and disregard for the rule of law in Nigeria.

Of particular concern is the case of Nnamdi Kanu, whose arrest, transfer, and continued detention have raised serious international legal and human rights questions. Concerns have been raised about due process, compliance with court rulings, and respect for both domestic and international legal obligations.

We are also deeply alarmed by repeated reports of violence and killings affecting Christian communities in parts of Nigeria. These attacks have led to deaths, displacement, and fear among vulnerable populations, raising urgent concerns about security, accountability, and equal protection under the law.

As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Nigeria is expected to uphold principles of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Repeated allegations of non-compliance with court orders and failures to protect citizens undermine confidence in these commitments.

We respectfully ask:

What mechanisms are being used to ensure accountability for alleged human rights violations in Nigeria?

How is the Commonwealth enforcing its stated values among member states?

What role will the United Nations play in ensuring justice, protection of civilians, and respect for international law?

The credibility of international institutions depends on their willingness to act consistently and impartially when such concerns arise.

We urge immediate review, independent investigation where appropriate, and meaningful action to protect human rights and uphold justice.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. David Nyekorach-Matsanga
Pan African Forum Ltd & Associates
London, UK

@AloyEjimakor @JDMahama @SFRCdems @FCDOGovUK
@engrICO2015 @realKwameOffei @NAkufoAddo @ItsBundiKirimi @CoE_RuleofLaw @afrisagacity

[Friday nnwa Maria @FridayOkafor2]

@TrumpDailyPosts How about Nigeria, the people that have been waiting for late and long, just a little space so that we can breath well. People are dying needlessly here and it won't be a bad idea if you come over here and help us DJT.

[Friday nnwa Maria @FridayOkafor2]

How about Nigeria, a people that have been waiting for late and long?
DJT please 🙏 come and help us, just a little space so we can breath well. People are dying needlessly here.

[Mike Arnold @MikeArnoldTruth]

Nigeria Says the U.S. Praised Them. It Didn't.

On April 12th, Nigerian government media began circulating a claim: the United States had officially praised Nigeria for convicting 386 terrorism suspects, calling it "an important step toward accountability and justice."

That's not what happened.

What happened is that Massad Boulos posted something on X. Boulos is Trump's Senior Advisor for Africa. He is also CEO of a heavy machinery and construction equipment company in Nigeria whose clients, by his own company's account, include Hitech Construction — the Chagoury Group subsidiary currently building a $13 billion no-bid highway for President Tinubu. He operates under conflict-of-interest rules so loose they don't require Senate confirmation. His financial interests are tangled directly with the government he was praising.

That is not the United States speaking. That is a businessman praising the government he does business with — and Abuja running it through every state media outlet as official American endorsement.

The statement deserves scrutiny on its own terms. Ten judges processed 508 cases in four days — with Attorney General Fagbemi praising them for "sacrificing their Easter holiday" to do it. Among those convicted: men jailed for giving cigarettes to terrorists. Amnesty International called earlier rounds of this same process "sham trials" built on coerced confessions. This was Phase Nine. Meanwhile the nine Fulani commanders who organized last June's Benue massacre — more than 270 Christians dead — are still in preliminary proceedings ten months later. That's not accountability. That's a press release.

That same weekend, the Nigerian Air Force bombed a crowded market on the Borno-Yobe border. More than 100 civilians — shoppers, traders, children — confirmed dead by Amnesty International. The government called them legitimate targets. They were buying grain. Boulos said nothing about Jilli.

Here is what the actual record shows since Trump designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern last October: In March, Boko Haram overran an army base in Ngoshe, killed an estimated 200 people per survivor accounts, beheaded Christians in the streets, burned every church, and abducted more than 300 women and children. These were people who had just returned from twelve years as refugees. On Palm Sunday, gunmen killed more than 40 Christians in Jos. Nigeria's terrorism death toll rose 46 percent in 2025 — the largest increase of any nation on earth. Trump acted. The killing didn't stop. It got worse.

The talking points in Boulos's statement aren't American policy. They're Abuja's script — the same lines repeated verbatim by Nigerian government spokesmen for years, backed by nine million dollars a year in Washington lobbying. Now they have an American official's name on them, and Nigerian state media is calling it US endorsement.

It isn't. The Smith/Moore bill — HR 7457, backed by the chairmen of both the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations Committees — represents far more legitimate congressional consensus on Nigeria than one conflicted advisor's X post. That bill documents what Boulos's statement obscures: Nigeria accounts for 72 percent of all Christians martyred worldwide. The atrocities haven't slowed. They've accelerated.

Policymakers should know the difference between the United States speaking and one conflicted man posting.

Conflicted messenger. Abuja's script. Not American policy.

#EarthShaker

[Mike Arnold @MikeArnoldTruth]

What this soulless snake @renoomokri doesn’t say about this road is that just a few meters off of it lies the New Kuchingoro IDP camp. Thousands of escapees from the Gwoza massacre in hand built shanties next to sewage ditches, denied by the government, and struggling to survive.  He knows, he just doesn’t care. 

[Joshua Charles🇻🇦 @JoshuaTCharles]

There are only two societies that enjoy a divine guarantee of perpetual existence until the end of the world:

The Catholic Church, and the Jews.

And in the end, elder and younger will be reconciled in Messiah.

Amen.

[judd saul @juddsaul]

SECURITY ALERT
🔴 CRITICAL TERROR THREATS – TARABA & SOUTHERN KADUNA

Date: March 19, 2026
Threat Level: 🔴 CRITICAL
📍 TARABA – CHENCHENJI–YELWA AXIS

Imminent coordinated attack expected around March 23

Targets: Civilians & local defense groups

FEM Takum Unit mobilizing fighters and staging positions

Key Indicators:

Armed movement across Donga River toward Chenchenji

Fighters embedded via cattle herds

Drone-confirmed machine gun presence

Recent attack (Tor-Damisa): 5 killed

Staging Area:

New Gboko (7.44017, 10.08280)

Seized farmland, active terrorist control

➡️ Assessment: Attack likely within days

📍 SOUTHERN KADUNA – CHIKUN, KAJURU, KACHIA

Mass terrorist movement since March 16

Large motorcycle convoys advancing

Heavy infiltration into forest zones and communities

High-Risk Areas:

Rijana Forest

Kamuku Forest

Birnin Gwari corridor

Threats:

Coordinated raids & ambushes

Surprise attacks from infiltrated fighters

Possible execution of kidnapped hostages

➡️ Assessment: Attacks imminent

🛑 IMMEDIATE ACTION

For Communities:
Max alert status

Avoid remote/isolated areas

Report suspicious movement

Prepare evacuation plans

For Security Forces:

Urgent operations in both regions

Disrupt motorcycle movement

Secure vulnerable communities

⚠️ FINAL WARNING

🔴 Both regions show clear signs of imminent terrorist attacks.
Immediate action is critical to save lives.

[Coworkeroftruth @coworkeroftruth]

SIN MUST BE EXPIATED

(Apostolic constitution on the revision of indulgences) Paul VI, Indulgentiarum Doctrina, 1 January,1967

2. The truth has been divinely revealed that sins are followed by punishments. God’s holiness and justice inflict them. Sins must be expiated. This may be done on this earth through the sorrows, miseries and trials of this life and, above all, through death. Otherwise the expiation must be made in the next life through fire and torments or purifying punishments. This is why the faithful have always been convinced that the paths of evil are strewn with many stumbling blocks. They bring to those who follow them adversities, bitterness and harm.

The punishments with which we are concerned here are imposed by God’s judgment, which is just and merciful. The reasons for their imposition are that our souls need to be purified, the holiness of the moral order needs to be strengthened and God’s glory must be restored to its full majesty. In fact, every sin upsets the universal order God, in his indescribable wisdom and limitless love, has established. Further, every sin does immense harm to the sinner himself and to the community of men. Throughout history Christians have always believed that sin is not only a breaking of God’s law but that it shows contempt for or disregard of the friendship between God and man. The latter is not always directly evident. Further, they have believed that sin is a real offense against God, the effect of which cannot be estimated. Again, it is a display of ingratitude, a rejection of the love God has shown us through Jesus Christ. He called his disciples friends, not servants.

3. Cf. Gen. 3:16–19; Lk. 19:41–44; Rom. 2:9; 1 Cor. 11:30. Cf. St. Augustine, Enarr. in Ps. 58, 1, 13: CCL 39, p. 739: PL 36, 701; St. Thomas, Summa Theol. I–II, q. 87, a. 1.

4. Cf. Mt. 25:41–42; Mk. 9:42–43; Jn. 5:28–29; Rom. 2:9; Gal. 6:6–8. Cf. Council of Lyons II, Session 4, Profession of faith of Michael Palaeologus: Denz. 856–858; Council of Florence, Decree for the Greeks: Denz. 1304–1306; St. Augustine, Enchiridion 66, 17, ed. Scheel, Tubingen 1930, p. 42: PL 40, 263.

5. Cf. Hermae pastor, Mand. 6, 1, 3: Funk, Patres Apostolici I, p. 487.

6. Cf. Is. 1:2–3; also Dt. 8:11, 32:15 ff.; Ps. 105:21, 118 passim; Wis. 7:14; Is. 17:10, 44:21; Jer. 33:8; Ezek. 20:27. Cf. Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, n. 2: AAS 58 (1966), p. 818; cf. also ibid., n. 21, pp. 827–828.

7. Cf. Jn. 15:14–15. Cf. Vatican II, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, n. 22: AAS 58 (1966), p. 1042; Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church, n. 13: AAS 58 (1966), p. 962.

[J. C. Okechukwu @jcokechukwu]

Imagine that! How many times have stuff like this happened in the past? Makes you wonder, right?

[Friday nnwa Maria @FridayOkafor2]

@RepRileyMoore This problem is both physical and spiritual. Why not consider dividing the country? An independent Biafra will drive away these demons. In the alternative you can consider autonomous regions. Sunday Jackson is free, how about Mazi Nnamdi Kanu/ other Biafrans detainees?

[Somto Okonkwo @General_Somto]

“With The Death Of Mrs. Calista Ifedi, Who Was Killed While In DSS Detention, The Nigerian Government Has Once Again Shown That It Has No Regard For Igbo Lives. This Is The Worst News Of 2026. We Demand Justice For Mrs. Calista Ifedi.” ~ Media Personality Udo

[Friday nnwa Maria @FridayOkafor2]

Hmmmm!!
Possible something cooking?

[J. C. Okechukwu @jcokechukwu]

Israeli Parliamentarians 👇 Watch to the end.

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

Ndigbo are proud of being TRADERS. It’s trading that enabled Ndigbo to convert £20 in 1970 to trillions today. It’s trading that pioneered the Igbo apprenticeship system that is acclaimed worldwide. But Ndigbo are not “traders of US airstrikes”. Stop the veiled ethnic baiting.

[𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 @UltimateViewers]

Another Threat To #Ndigbo.
Another Reminder That When It Is An Igbo Turn, The Law Is No Longer Justice... It Becomes A Weapon, Sharpened And Aimed With Cruelty. Due Process Disappears. Human Rights Are Suspended. Life Becomes Disposable.

[Friday nnwa Maria @FridayOkafor2]

@SwPrayer Amen

[Arcivescovo Carlo Maria Viganò @CarloMVigano]

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
Homélie en la Très Sainte Nativité de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ

«Gloire à Dieu, paix aux hommes : où la gloire de Dieu est le principe et la condition pour que les hommes de bonne volonté – c’est-à-dire ceux qui observent Ses Commandements et les mettent en pratique avec une véritable Charité éclairée par la Foi – puissent connaître la paix véritable.

Je vous laisse la paix, je vous donne ma paix : ce n’est pas comme le monde vous la donne que je vous la donne (Jn 14, 27). Ni avec le mensonge, ni avec la fraude, ni avec l’injustice et l’iniquité ; pas dans le désordre du péché et dans la tolérance du mal. Pas là où les innocents sont tués dans le ventre maternel et les personnes âgées sur leur lit d’hôpital. Pas là où la famille naturelle est persécutée et culpabilisée, alors que les unions sodomites sont qualifiées de « mariages » et que la gestation pour autrui est légalisée dans l’exploitation la plus abjecte de la femme et de la mère. Pas là où la nature elle-même est trafiquée, pour effacer de l’homme cette image et cette ressemblance avec Son Créateur, que le Serpent déteste. Pas là où l’homme est émasculé et la femme virilisée. Pas là où l’ouvrier est traité comme un esclave pour enrichir ses patrons. Pas là où les coupables sont acquittés et les innocents emprisonnés. Pas là où la fiction remplace la réalité, où la pauvreté est une opportunité de profit, où la pureté et la chasteté sont moquées et où les pires vices sont promus et encouragés même chez les plus jeunes. Pas là où les cris de la foule scélérate effacent les fêtes chrétiennes, pas là où le son des cloches cède au cri du muezzin, tandis que les dirigeants – qui se proclament laïcs quand ils interdisant les Crèches et les Crucifix – rendent fièrement hommage à la fête juive de Hanouka, dont les lumières ont remplacé la Nativité de Notre Seigneur. Pas là où la soif d’argent et de pouvoir a remplacé l’honneur et l’honnêteté. Pas là où les pouvoirs subversifs commandent les politiciens sans dignité ni décence, et où l’information est asservie et complice du mensonge. Pas là où les personnes en bonne santé sont rendues malades pour nourrir le Moloch pharmaceutique et où des millions d’êtres humains sont envoyés à l’abattoir pour enrichir les fabricants d’armes. Pas là où la lumière du soleil est obscurcie, où l’air, l’eau et les champs sont empoisonnés, où le bétail est massacré et où les récoltes sont détruites au bénéfice des multinationales. Pas là où prier en silence devant une clinique d’avortement implique une arrestation, et où dire la vérité sur les réseaux sociaux est considéré comme un discours de haine (hate speech). Pas là où l’autorité, à quelque niveau que ce soit, gouverne illégitimement en légiférant contre Dieu et contre l’homme. Pas là où l’on se berce d’illusions en pensant échapper au regard de Dieu, tout en imposant un contrôle total sur les masses. Pas là où la Sainte Église – beata pacis visio – est éclipsée par une secte d’hérétiques, de fornicateurs et de corrompus. Pas là où ceux qui veulent rester fidèles à Notre Seigneur sont persécutés et excommuniés par des mercenaires qui usurpent Son Nom en exigeant l’obéissance.»

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[Friday nnwa Maria @FridayOkafor2]

@FrUgochukwu May the soul of Fr Stephen Chukwuma and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.